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Diocese of Santa Clara

Dioecesis Sanctae Clarae



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 1 April 1995
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Camagüey
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Cuba
  • Square Kilometers: 12,920 (4,990 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Unión 51 sur entre Gloria y Buenviaje, Santa Clara 50100, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Telephone: (042)2006.80

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
1 April 1995ErectedDiocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara (Villa Clara and Sancti Spiritus except San Francisco de Paula and Santísima Trinidad (in Trinidad)) Diocese of Santa Clara (erected)
5 December 1998Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Santa Clara (from Santiago de Cuba)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1999502,0001,149,00043.7%14102420,9166113234ap2000
2000502,0001,145,30243.8%15112619,3076122734ap2001
2001504,0001,145,30244.0%1592421,00012103034ap2002
2002506,0001,149,00044.0%1592421,08312102934ap2003
2003506,0001,146,90044.1%1692520,24012103134ap2004
2004518,9351,176,21944.1%17102719,21912123234ap2005
2010574,0001,298,64244.2%21123317,39311145034ap2011
2014573,9001,300,50044.1%3063615,9411794234ap2015
2017796,6061,309,00060.9%3384119,42913106635ap2018
2020801,0801,297,14061.8%17122927,62314136935ap2021
2022785,0001,282,56561.2%1582334,1301486535ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 87, Page 679, to Page 681
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 91, Page 329, and Page 330

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